Re: [cobalt-users] VERY Slow access to Cobalt RaQ4

["Rick Ewart" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, well they probably know more than I do.... Wouldn't know, been lucky
enough to have never called them.

But you might still want to check the IPs you have configured as the DNS
servers for the Raq. As I noted towards the bottom, it appeared that this
was my problem... Bottom line is that unless the machine can reverse lookup
the address properly, you will get the errors and/or have slow login
times...

I don't qualify as an expert - just someone who had a similar problem once.
If that doesn't work, then I dunno... :)

Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "wcstaff" <wcstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] VERY Slow access to Cobalt RaQ4


> We do not use the reverse method on the raq. we were told by Sun techs
that
> it will cause slow access and other problems.
> we use 2 A |Records (1 with www and 1 without)  and 1 mx record. Never a
> problem.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Ewart" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <devinsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 8:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] VERY Slow access to Cobalt RaQ4
>
>
> > > gethostbyaddr(ip.address.goes.here) Failed: 2
> >
> > Devin -
> >
> > This is the result of an error message stating that your server cannot
> > lookup the reverse DNS for that IP. I had a similar problem that drove
me
> > nuts as I was using the local DNS server on that machine and I HAD the
> PTRs
> > properly setup.... It was what caused my slow response. I simply put up
> with
> > it for a while as it was a server that was used very little.
> >
> > Once I finally focused on it and decided to resolve it, I discovered
that
> > the provider where its located doesn't delegate the reverse lookup for
my
> > IPs. I had to update with their system. Duh. Bingo. Problem solved. Or
so
> I
> > thought. It solved the errors like you are getting but not the slow
> > logins...
> >
> > I finally figured out that problem was with my network setup - I moved
my
> > primary DNS servers and didn't update the network settings on the Raq.
> Thus
> > it only had one DNS server to rely on, which seemed the likely
candidate.
> I
> > fixed it, rebooted and that took care of it. All has been well since.
> >
> > I am pretty sure that its probably DNS related, just maybe with the
> network
> > settings, not the DNS server itself.. Check that out.
> >
> > HTH.
> > Rick
> >
> >
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